UIImagePickerController AllowsEditing not working

Question

I am using UIImagePickerController to allow the user to take a picture. I want to allow him/her to edit it afterwards but, whatever I do, I get nothing.

Here is my code (I am using Xamarin):

UIImagePickerController imagePicker = new UIImagePickerController ();

// Set our source to the camera
imagePicker.SourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.Camera;

// Set what media types
//imagePicker.MediaTypes = UIImagePickerController.AvailableMediaTypes (UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.Camera);
// show the camera controls
imagePicker.ModalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.CurrentContext;
imagePicker.ShowsCameraControls = true;
imagePicker.AllowsEditing = true;
imagePicker.SetEditing (true,true);
imagePicker.PreferredContentSize = new SizeF(900,600);
imagePicker.CameraCaptureMode = UIImagePickerControllerCameraCaptureMode.Photo;
imagePicker.Title="taste.eat. image";

// Attach the delegate
imagePicker.Delegate = new ImagePickerDelegate();

// Show the picker
NavigationController.PresentViewController(imagePicker, true,null);

Am I missing something?

I have followed the tutorial and I am getting to the screen with the rectangle, but if I pan or zoom it just snaps back to the center once I lift my finger. Is it possible to get to this screen from the photos application?

Near

Hey, have you figured it out? ive got the same problem. – Kiwanis

From my understanding allowsEditing simply allows you to crop the photo. It does not actually bring up the iOS photo editing functionality in the Photo App, as you show in the screenshot – Ruperto

It only allows you to crop. Sorry. – Cooperman

Answer 1

When using UIImagePickerController's delegate method - imagePickerController:didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:, we get the image using

UIImage *image = [info objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage];

This code will always return the original image, even if editing is ON.

Try using

UIImage *image = [info objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerEditedImage];

This will return the edited image if editing is ON.

Conto

This simple mistake on my end was driving me mad, thanks for the help! – Gibby

Answer 2

The AllowsEditing property simply allows the user to crop to a square if picking an image and trim the video if picking a video.

Any other functionality needs to be implemented with custom UI and code.

See this question:iPhone SDK - How to customize the crop rect in UIImagePickerController with allowsEditing on?

What you are showing in the screenshot is not part of UIImagePickerController, unfortunately

Ruperto

Answer 3

Swift 3

I was having a hard time returning the cropped image (simple mistake on my end). Instead of using UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage, you need UIImagePickerControllerEditedImage. See below:

func imagePickerController(_ picker: UIImagePickerController, didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [String : Any]) {
    // The info dictionary contains multiple representations of the image, and this uses the cropped image.
    let selectedImage = info[UIImagePickerControllerEditedImage] as! UIImage

    // Set yourImageView to display the selected image.
    yourImage.image = selectedImage

    // Dismiss the picker.
    dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}

Gibby

Answer 4

Swift 4+

There have been some changes after Swift 4. UIImagePickerControllerEditedImage changed to UIImagePickerController.InfoKey.editedImage.

func imagePickerController(_ picker: UIImagePickerController, didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [UIImagePickerController.InfoKey : Any]) {
    let selectedImage = info[UIImagePickerController.InfoKey.editedImage] as! UIImage
    imageView.image = selectedImage
    dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}

Munda

Answer 5

There isn't any way to enable filters by just changing a property like allowsEditing = YES. It will only display a cropping tool. As per your screenshot, it looks like you have integrated some buggy open source library and without looking at the source code, it would be difficult to fix your center cropping bug.

It is better to post some concrete detail about your implementation or switch to standard open source library.

Cristencristi

Answer 6

It will be work like this way.

func imagePickerController(_ picker: UIImagePickerController, didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [String : Any]) {
    let selectedImage = info[UIImagePickerControllerEditedImage] as! UIImage

    userPhoto.image = selectedImage

    dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}

Samualsamuel